Internal Medicine Residency Program

Internal Medicine  Residency Program

The Internal Medicine Residency Program at VinUniversity  is a four-year training program designed to cultivate highly skilled, compassionate, and evidence-based healthcare professionals. Accredited by the  Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education-International (ACGME-I), the program emphasizes a competency-based clinical training model.

Residents engage in repeated  core rotations in internal medicine, fostering deep expertise and confidence in managing complex cases. The curriculum integrates  robust teaching rounds ,  case presentations, and  multidisciplinary conferences, including  Morbidity and Mortality (MM)  and  Clinicopathologic Case (CPC) discussions, to enhance clinical reasoning and critical thinking.

Evidence-based medicine  is at the heart of the program, ensuring that residents make informed and  scientifically grounded  decisions for patient management and foster their intellectual growth. A  comprehensive assessment and evaluation system  provides regular, constructive feedback to support continuous professional growth and excellence.

CURRICULUM COMPOSITION

1. Compulsory courses by MOH  

1.1. Marxism-Leninism Philosophy (Philosophy Science and Society)

1.2. Medical Pedagogy

1.3. Medical English

1.4. Research Methods and Evidence-Based Medicine

2.   Core Clinical Skills Courses :  The CCS Course is conducted in PGY1 and focuses on pharmacotherapy, communication skills, simulation training, and clinical procedures. It includes antimicrobial stewardship, antibiotic resistance, and pharmacokinetics/dynamics. Communication training emphasizes professionalism, interprofessional collaboration, and scenarios like breaking bad news and obtaining patient consent. Simulation-based procedural skills cover Basic Life Support (BLS), Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), and clinical techniques. The curriculum uses lectures, small-group learning, and hands-on simulations at VinUniversity Simulation Center to develop advanced life support skills, procedural safety, and medical professionalism essential for all medical residents.

3.   Core Clinical Rotations  

3.1. Oncology :    Focuses on managing malignancies, chemotherapy complications, palliative care, and diagnostic evaluations. Residents gain supervised training in critical procedures like catheter placement, intubation, and thoracentesis.

3.2. Cardiology :  Trains residents in evaluating, diagnosing, and managing cardiovascular diseases, implementing preventive strategies, and understanding therapeutic options for coronary artery disease, heart failure, and arrhythmias.

3.3. Critical Care Medicine  (ICU):  Trains general internists to manage critically ill patients, perform ICU procedures, and address ethical issues. Residents gain supervised experience in catheter placement, thoracentesis, lumbar puncture, and endotracheal intubation.

3.4. Emergency  (ED):  Trains residents in evaluating acute illnesses, performing emergency procedures, and managing serious conditions under supervision. Skills include catheter placement, intubation, thoracentesis, and fluid specimen analysis.

3.5. General Internal Medicine :  Provide inpatient and outpatient training in diagnosing and managing medical conditions, communication, and procedural skills. Residents engage in supervised patient care, team-based learning, and ambulatory procedures like catheter placement, intubation, and minor suturing. The clinic rotation offers experience in chronic disease management, urgent care, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration under faculty supervision.

3.6. Elective :   Aim to provide PGY3 and PGY4 residents with the opportunity to gain specialized clinical experience in their  chosen  internal medicine subspecialty, enhancing expertise and meeting tailored learning objectives.

4. Thesis :  Aims to equip residents with research skills, allowing them to formulate a proposal, secure IRB approval, conduct research, write a thesis, and defend their findings.